Grandpa’s Kitchen Mixes Review

Grandpa’s Kitchen is a company that sells gluten-free mixes and a flour blend. Here’s what they say about why the company was created.

“Some of our family members were diagnosed with Celiac Disease and after trying many gluten-free products, we realized there was a lot to be desired. Whether it was the texture, taste, or consistency, the products we tried were nowhere near the regular gluten-filled foods we were used to.

That is why we experimented with our own flours and recipes until we found the perfect blend. Our gluten-free flour blend can be used cup for cup in regular recipes. It already has the xanthan gum in it, so it’s ready to go. Our gluten-free mixes include pizza, bread, and pancakes and they’re all equally delicious and easy to use.”

I sampled the flour blend, bread mix, and pizza crust mix. The mixes are gluten and dairy free, but the directions call for ingredients such as buttermilk. I used substitutes.

Overall, we enjoyed the food made with these products. Here are my thoughts on each one.

Flour Blend

I first used this for coating pork chops. It was not the best for that. It think it contained too much starch for that type of coating.

I also used it in my cherry chocolate cake. I hadn’t made the cake in a long time, but it turned out very well and everyone enjoyed it.

Bread Mix

The directions called for 12 oz. vanilla yogurt or soy yogurt or buttermilk I used plain coconut yogurt.

Although there were instructions for using a bread machine, they didn’t give exact times for programming a machine, so I thought it was safer to use the oven method.

The directions say to “Knead at least five minutes.” I thought that was a bit odd since gluten-free dough isn’t kneaded. I mixed it for five minutes in my stand mixer.

The bread rose up beautifully, but as so often happens with gluten-free bread in large loaf pans (9 x 5 inch), it deflated when I took it out of the oven. The directions said to bake it 30 – 40 minutes. I baked mine for 35 minutes. Next time I would bake it longer and possibly cut back on the amount of yogurt.

Despite it’s deflation, it was nice bread. It was soft and spongy. The second day it was not as soft, but still reasonably soft.

Pizza Crust Mix

One thing I did not like about both mixes was that I had to add several dry ingredients including baking powder, baking soda, and salt (even though the mixes do contain yeast). A mix is something I like to use when I’m short on time, and having to add several other dry ingredients as well as the wet ingredients makes it seem like much less of a time saver.

The pizza crust called for buttermilk. I used almond milk. The directions did not say to warm the milk, but I did for the sake of activating the yeast.

The mix says that is makes two 12 inch pizza crusts. I had two twelve inch pans and there was no way I could make the dough stretch enough to cover both pans. I ended up making a 12 inch pizza and a 9 inch pizza.

The dough didn’t rise much, but when it baked it did get puffy and expand some. When I pressed the dough into the pan it was flat, but you can see from the picture that it spread out and up at the edges.

I probably could have made the dough stretch to about 11 inches in each pan and let it expand, but I didn’t know it would do that.

It made a very good thin crust pizza. We all enjoyed it.

Summary

The final products were very good.

It might take a few tries to figure out the best way to use the mixes.

Dairy free substitutes work well.

Several dry ingredients need to be added to the mixes making them less of a time saver.

Where to Buy: You can order online. There are also a few stores, particularly in Utah that carry their products.

The Giveaway:
One winner will receive a bag of Grandpa’s Kitchen flour blend, pizza crust mix, and bread mix. The giveaway is open to US residents.

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I checked out their website…very nice. I dont mind adding more ingredients, it seems more homemade that way. I usually add baking powder to all mixes anyway, for more puff. I will give them a try as I haven’t found a GF bread that I “love” yet. Thanks for the review and giveaway for Grandpa’s Kitchen. Living GF is always an adventure!

I haven’t tried any products yet as this is the first I’ve heard of Grandpa’s Kitchen but I would love to try them. I Liked his paged and shared this post on FB and Twitter and will be putting it on my blog as well. I’m also subscribing to your posts via email. Thank you!

I have not tried any of Grandpa’s Kitchen products, but would sure like to do so! We are a gluten-free-family of 4. Deciding to exclude gluten is one of the ways we try to manage our digestive disease. Thanks for the opportunity to enter this giveaway.